H. A. & W. Goode was one of the largest regional department stores in the early days of South Australia, with stores in Yankalilla, Aldinga, Willunga, then finally and most notably in Port Pirie. Its principals were three brothers, Henry Abel Goode, William Goode and Benjamin Powell Goode, all born at Kyre Magna, in Worcestershire, sons of farmer William Goode.
The Goodes who emigrated from Kyre Magna (also called Kyre Wyard, and now just inside Herefordshire)[1] were: Thomas Goode of Canowie Station, Henry Abel Goode, William and Benjamin Powell Goode on the Hope in 1858, Charles Rufus Goode (of Port Pirie) on the Princess Helena in 1860, and Matthew Goode (of Willunga) on the South Australian in 1868. Also on the South Australian was their sister Ann. Another brother, Samuel (d.1878) and a sister Elizabeth (c. 1837 – 1912) remained behind. Elizabeth married Alfred John Prince Porter, a master tailor, moved with him and her brother Samuel, also a tailor, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and had ten children. Her second child Alfred John Porter joined the Goodes in Australia in about 1883. The youngest, Eva, married one David Herbertson: their descendants subsequently moved to Australia.
Matthew Goode (c. 1820–1901) of Matthew Goode and Co, Thomas Goode (1816–1882) of Goolwa, and Sir Charles Henry Goode were cousins. Matthew Goode married a Miss Jones before leaving England. She died, and Matthew married her sister Elisabeth Jones ( – 19 May 1902) in 1853. Three other sisters married the three principals of H. A. and W. Goode: Frances (c. 1845 – 1 February 1930)[2] married Benjamin Powell Goode on 19 June 1867; Emily Georgeanna Jones (October 1845 – 17 October 1932) married Henry Abel Goode on 19 August 1868[3] and Marion Jones (c. 1853–1929) married William Goode in 1873.[4] The Jones sisters were daughters of Edward Jones (c. 1792 – 29 January 1880) of Haywood, Herefordshire, later of Finniss Point, South Australia then Hutt Street, Adelaide.